Definition of Shunter. Meaning of Shunter. Synonyms of Shunter

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Definition of Shunter

Shunter
Shunter Shunt"er, n. (Railroad) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.

Meaning of Shunter from wikipedia

- A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive...
- Diesel shunter is a diesel locomotive used for shunting or switching. See: Diesel locomotive Switcher GWR diesel shunters LMS diesel shunters This disambiguation...
- The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club was a British television variety show created and produced by Johnnie Hamp for Granada Television from 1974 to...
- Leiston Works Railway Sirapite the works shunter Commercial operations Built by Aveling and Porter Ltd Original gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Preserved...
- built by British Railways (BR). As the standard BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the class became a familiar sight at major stations and freight yards...
- class 04, one of British Railways' most successful 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. 230 were built at Doncaster and Swindon works between 1957 and 1962, and...
- LMS diesel shunter 7050 LMS diesel shunter 7051 LMS diesel shunter 7052 LMS diesel shunter 7053 LMS diesel shunter 7054 LMS diesel shunters 7055/6 LMS...
- LMS diesel shunter No. 1831 was an experimental diesel hydraulic shunter built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1931/3, which pioneered...
- Shunters' trucks were small British railway flat wagons that were used in goods yards to carry shunters and their tools. Shunting was often rather dangerous...
- provided by a locomotive known as a shunter locomotive (in the UK) or switcher locomotive (in the US). Most shunter/switchers are now diesel-powered but...